The Red Bull driver took full advantage of problems faced by others, including those of his teammate Sebastian Vettel, to produce an assured drive that brought him his fourth win of the season and the sixth of his career. Webber finished the 70-lap race 17.821 seconds ahead of two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari with Vettel, hampered by a drive-through penalty for infringing the safety car rules, finishing a frustrated and angry third in the other Red Bull at the Hungaroring.
Webber’s win lifted him to 161 points in the title race and ahead of Britain’s 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who was forced to retire with gearbox problems, on 157 points.
Vettel is now third on 151 with defending champion and teammate Jenson Button fourth overall on 147 points.
Brazilian Felipe Massa finished fourth for Ferrari on the circuit where last year he suffered serious head injuries after a horrifying crash. Button came home eighth for McLaren.
Schumacher penalised
Schumacher was penalised 10 places on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix after his controversial blocking move on Rubens Barrichello. Williams driver Barrichello tried to pass the Mercedes in the closing stages at the Hungaroring, but the German squeezed him against the pit wall. AFP
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2010.
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